Exploit Protection on or off?

[elifino]

Windows 7 Home Premium SP 1.  Several issues after upgrading to 3.0 including slow boot, unable to shut down. Working better after uninstalling, disabling MS Security Essentials, and reinstalling.  Main MB screen shows Exploit Protection on, pop-up in system tray shows Exploit Protection off (screen print attached).  Ran and failed (multiple times) exploit test from mbae-test.zip - calculator appears in normal and exploit.  Re boot - no help.  Must I uninstall and reinstall yet again?

MBAMSERVICE.zip

[Aura]

Hi elifino

That issue has been reported a few times already on the forums, so hopefully it has been added to the bug tracker and the team is working on a fix for it.

[LeeMcNally]

I have exactly the same problem. My OS is Windows 10 Home Edition. Main screen says exploit protection is on but the system tray icon displays that it is off. Not clear if it really is or is not. Please fix this bug Malwarebytes!

[Aura]

My guess is that is really is on. I trust the Malwarebytes GUI more than the system tray icon. And like mentionned above, that specific issue has been reported enough time already so I'm sure it is already in their bug tracker (well, I hope it is  ).

[elifino]

Not to belabor the point, but MB 3.0, as I stated above, is not blocking the test exploit in mbae-test.zip even though the GUI says exploit protection is on.  I've since installed MB Anti-Exploit, and it does catch/block the test exploit with or without MB 3.0 running.  Be a good idea to run both until 3.0 is debugged.